Author Archives: brentwgraham

Amanda and I have wanted to try a kids film camp sort of deal where we could teach some ‘yoots’ the different aspects of filmmaking, from concept, writing, planning, costumes, acting, editing, all the way to premiering in a theater. When our friend’s son Connor turned 13, we decided it would be a great opportunity […]

My buddy Maury Jacks only calls me once a year. And I always answer the phone. When that happens stuff like this gets produced. Love working with the guy. This was a bumper he asked me to be cinematographer on. We were finalists so I got to sit one row in front of Edgar fucking […]

Some quick grabs from a really low budget (I mean, Home Depot lighting on this one) music video shoot. Of course, these images are even more powerful when moving to the pounding rock the band is known for… I’ll post the video here when it’s edited. Cinematographer, editor.

Cinematographer Style is a 2006 documentary by Jon Fauer, ASC, about the art of cinematography. In the film, he interviews leading cinematographers from around the world, asking them about their influences and the origins of the style of their films. This is the first major English-language documentary on cinematography since Visions of Light (1993).

Two Three years ago my friends decided to produce a feature film… They had written a nice script they were happy with and coming off the success of the short films and commercials we had produced together, everyone felt it was a good time to tackle the lessons that are sure to come with a […]

Dannon Oikos, John Stamos, and Super Bowl XLVI If you haven’t heard of Poptent.net, it’s an online “user-generated” advertising site that matches brands with filmmakers competing with each other for cash prizes. (a la doritos ads…) Well, last fall, Poptent asked 25 filmmakers to direct in a private competition for Dannon’s new Oikos Greek Yogurt. […]

My wife and I teamed up with CASA of Travis County to produce a new campaign video to help spread awareness of their efforts and needs within the Austin community. CASA of Travis County speaks up for children who’ve been abused or neglected by empowering our community to volunteer as advocates for them within the CPS court […]

Durham is one of the most successful and trusted law offices in the Nashville area. Part of “the fame” that Bart’s law offices have garnered is very much due to a constant and always new advertising campaign produced by Apple Productions of San Antonio. While the campaigns have remained consistent in style, Bart understands television […]

Wilcox furniture offers fine quality furnishings to the Corpus Christi area. Each month Wilcox would have us produce a new commercial highlighting different sales items and specials. Wilcox had a new spot created each month. Their budget allowed for a half-day shoot with the talent and another day for the keying and motion-graphics production. They’d […]

A close family friend of mine found herself managing a start-up company manufacturing a safe and natural diaper detergent for cloth baby diapers. After learning about the company and their all natural, baby-safe, product I decided to produce a spec infomercial to better inform caring mothers of the issues they’ve most likely encountered while using […]

Alamo Drafthouse Filmfrenzy The Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest teamed up for “Film-making Frenzy”, a local Austin film competition. This competition focused squarely on remaking a television show as a movie. For this short I teamed up with Comedia-A-Go-Go, a comedic sketch group from San Antonio. They developed the brilliant idea of remaking “Family Matters” […]

48 Hour Film Project: Film de Femme This was my first local film competition. I drew the genre of “Film de Femme”, which means that the film must have a strong female lead. I’ve always loved films about post-apocalyptic society and decided that the best “Film de Femme” would be one that takes place in […]